# Acupoints for Elbow Lateral Pain

12 sourced protocols for Elbow Lateral Pain. Canonical page: https://acuiq.com/symptoms/elbow-lateral-pain

## Protocols

| # | Points | Dosage | Frequency | Source | Kind | Caveat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LU05 (Cubit Marsh), LI04 (Junction Valley), LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend), LI12 (Elbow Bone Hole), TB05 (Outer Gate) | – | – | doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-174 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 2 | LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2016/8182071 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 3 | LU05 (Cubit Marsh), LI04 (Junction Valley), LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend), TB05 (Outer Gate) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2016/3079247 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 4 | LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2016/1868659 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 5 | LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend) | – | – | doi:10.1186/s12906-017-1859-0 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 6 | LU05 (Cubit Marsh), LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend), LI12 (Elbow Bone Hole) | – | – | doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000015937 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 7 | LI11 (Pond At The Bend), TB05 (Outer Gate) | – | – | doi:10.1155/2022/5951327 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 8 | LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend) | – | – | doi:10.1016/j.jams.2017.06.007 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 9 | LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend) | – | – | doi:10.3831/KPI.2014.17.033 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 10 | LI10 (Arm Three Miles), TB09 (Four Rivers) | – | – | doi:10.2147/JPR.S608269 | trial | Point selection reported in a published study. |
| 11 | LI04 (Junction Valley), LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend), LI12 (Elbow Bone Hole), TB05 (Outer Gate) | – | – | Li XJ, Zhou K, Zhang EM, Qi ZX, Sun WQ, Xu LF, Xu JF, Cai YZ, Wang RH. Therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture, massage, and blocking therapy on external humeral epicondylitis. J Tradit Chin Med 2014; 34(3): 261-266 | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |
| 12 | LI10 (Arm Three Miles), LI11 (Pond At The Bend), GB34 (Yang Mound Spring) | – | – | 杨坤鹏李俊峰张婷婷樊小闯. 穴位埋线治疗肱骨外上髁炎20例. 光明中医 ., 2019 [CNKI] | text | Point selection recorded in a clinical text or case report. |

## Point locations

| Point | Name | Meridian | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| LU05 | Cubit Marsh | Lung Meridian | On the cubital crease in the depression of the radial side of the biceps brachii tendon; point is located with elbow slightly flexed. |
| LI04 | Junction Valley | Large Intestine Meridian | On the dorsum of the hand between 1st & 2nd metacarpal bones approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side. |
| LI10 | Arm Three Miles | Large Intestine Meridian | On the line joining LI05 and LI11, 2 thumb widths below cubital crease. |
| LI11 | Pond At The Bend | Large Intestine Meridian | When elbow is flexed point is in the depression the at the lateral end of the transverse cubital crease midway between LU05 and lateral epicondyle of the humerus. |
| LI12 | Elbow Bone Hole | Large Intestine Meridian | When elbow is flexed point is on the lateral side of the upper arm 1 thumb width above the LI11 on the border of the humerus. |
| TB05 | Outer Gate | Triple Burner Meridian | 2 thumb widths proximal to the dorsal crease of the wrist on the line connecting TB04 and tip of the olecranon the between radius and ulna. |
| TB09 | Four Rivers | Triple Burner Meridian | On the lateral side of the forearm 5 thumb widths below olecranon the between radius and ulna. |
| GB34 | Yang Mound Spring | Gallbladder Meridian | In the depression the anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula. |

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